Railway-track construction.



110.850.373. I l PATENTED 11111.16, 1907.

A. KING.

RAILWAY TRACKv CONSTRUCTION. APPLIOATION FILED M1115. 1906.-

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ALPHONSE KINO, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.A

Patented .April 16, 1907.

Application filed May 15, ,1906. Serial No. 316,951.

To all whom it may concern:

Bc it known that I, ALPHONSE Kme, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident ot' San Antonio, in the coimty of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented cer-- tain new and useful. Improvements in Railwayflraek Constrt'iction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway-track construction in which the ties or stringers are made of compositionsuch as concrete, slag, or vitrii'ied clay-having The two chairs for the parallel rails are combined in one, sunk in and fastened with bolts to the ties.

The object of my invention is to construct inexpensive ties which are strong and durable and not. liable to slide, also easy to adjust and portable. I vattain this object by the construction illustrated' in the accon'ipanjving drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of a part of a coinpletc railroad-track. Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line V V of F ig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

For the railway-track, as shown in Figs 1, 2, and 3, Aare ties or stringers of the usual size made of concrete, slag, or vitriied clay, having several arches B cut across from the middle of the height to the bottoni to take away the unnecessary Weight of the ties and prevent the same from sliding. Steel plates Fig. 2 is a side View of' i l i l i C extend lengthwise in grooves on top oi the such length that when' their ends are hent to hooks I) to fit the outside base of the rails E the latter` areA placed at the right gage. Clamps F vand bolts G fasten the. rail-hase at the insidetflo the ties.` Also the steel plates are fastened to -thc center of the ties by bolts II.

The special strnctureof rails and mode of uniting them are not claimed herein, but in a divisional application tiled January 30, 1907.

Having fu ily d escriled .my invention, what I claim as in v invention, and desire to secure h v Letters Patent, is-

. A composition tie, for railroads, having transverse arches on its lower side and having a longitudinal depression in its upper side of less extent than the tie, both in length and hreadtln'in combination Wi th a rail-supporting plate located in said depression and have ing recurved ends to receive the outer edges of rails, clamps to he secured to said plate against the inner edges oi' said rails, and bolts for securing the clamps in place and for securing the plate in the recess and having their heads located in the said arches on the under side of the tie, substantially as and for the purpose set Jforth.

Signed at San Antonio, Texas, this 10th day of May, 1906. ALPHONSE KING. Witnesses EMEL BEHRENS, ELFRIEDA' BEHRENS. 

